HP MediaSmart Server EX470 500GB - AMD Sempron 1.8GHz 64-bit, 512MB DDR, 500GB SATA, Gigabit LAN, 4 USB, 1 eSATA, Windows Home Server

HP MediaSmart Server EX470 500GB
Have multiple PCs on a home network? Want the flexibility to enjoy your digital experiences from anywhere over the Internet? Check out our MediaSmart Server EX470, which provides remote access to files on the server, automatic backup of all networked PCs, media streaming across your home network, a photo sharing Web site, and virtually limitless storage expandability (500GB plus three empty expansion bays). This home server is based on Microsoft's Windows Home Server operating system and supports 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet and both wired and wireless networking (requires wireless router). AMD Live! 64-bit processing power supplies fast file access and timely backups. The sleek micro-tower is quiet and designed to complement the decor of your home office or living room.

Best of CES 2007 Awards The HP Media Smart Server EX Series has been honored by Top Magazines as Best of CES 2007.

Features

Easy file sharing and streaming

• Centralize and share files and media across your network
• Remotely access your files and applications from any Internet-connected computer
• Stream photos, music, and videos to PCs on your network and TV and stereo system
• Automatically copy iTunes music libraries from family members' PCs to the server for streaming

Web sharing, backups, and more

• Create a photo Web site on your server with HP Photo Webshare, then share photos and video clips with only people you designate
• Invite people to your photo site: set up a personal Web address; visitors can download full-resolution photos or upload their own pics and video clips
• Automatically back up desktop PCs and laptops running Windows XP or later
• Add extra protection: designate folders that will be automatically duplicated on multiple hard drives
• Expand your storage via three internal hard-drive bays, four USB 2.0 ports, and eSATA port
• Get peace of mind with the one-year limited warranty
• Compatibility: Windows XP or more recent Microsoft operating system

Visionman C2D-TS100 Quad Core RAID 5 Tower Server

7550 Visionman C2D-TS100 Quad Core RAID 5 Tower Server
Amazing Processor Power. Hands down, the Intel Quad Core processor puts all of the competition to shame. With Intel’s Core microarchitecture, this generation of CPU will easily chew through anything imaginable. From database accesses to web hosting, watch your wait times evaporate into thin air. With qual-core power, you can easily amass a huge pile of open applications, and this system won’t even break a sweat.

Server Powerhouse
This beastly machine has every goody needed to plow through the most demanding applications on the market. Equipped with a whopping 4GB of ultra-fast, dual-channel DDR2-667, memory will never be a bottleneck ever again. Reliability is also a must, that’s why we are offering redundant RAID 5 storage. For sheer storage space, we also include triple massive Western Digital 250GB SATA-2 Raid Edition hard drives, which will store oodles of data.

RAID Edition Hard Drives
All Visionman servers comes equipped with RAID Edition hard drives, unlike the desktop counterparts our competition uses. Ever wonder why drives keep dropping out of your array? This is why RAID Edition hard drives are paramount to a successful NAS deployment. Experience the reliability and precision engineering that only Visionman can offer.

64-Bit Scalability
Be prepared for the future! All Visionman systems are fully compliant for 64-bit support, and ready for the next big step in computing! Migrate only when you want to, any 64-bit OS will do. In addition to being 64-bit ready, all Visionman systems are also fully 32-bit compatible as well! Enjoy the benefits of both worlds.

World Class Support
For over 12 Years, Visionman has been providing homes and offices with the technology needed to stay ahead of the competition. For when you need IT solutions in a hurry, with superior quality, and backed by our top-tier support… go with a Vision system! We value all of our customers, and we're only happy when YOU are happy!

Upgrade Options
Would you like to upgrade something on this system? Just let us know and we’ll be glad to have it installed in the factory, so you don’t have to! Save time and money. Just call your sales rep and let them know what upgrade options you are interested in, it’s just that easy!

Intel DX38BT Motherboard - FREE Copy of Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 PC Game, Intel X38, Socket 775, ATX, Audio, PCI Express 2.0, Gigabit LAN

Intel DX38BT Motherboard
Pulse-pounding gaming and high powered multimedia experiences require the ultimate in performance from your processor and motherboard. Intel® Desktop Board DX38BT is designed to unleash the power of Intel® Core™2 Extreme processors. With support for 1333 MHz front side bus, fast DDR3 memory and overclocking, Intel Desktop Board DX38BT delivers the gaming performance you deserve.
Intel Desktop Board DX38BT supports Dolby Home Theatre and Microsoft Windows Vista Premium WHQL certified


Intel® X38 Chipset
The Intel® X38 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support the next generation 45nm CPU in high-end desktop and workstation platform; and up to 8GB of dual-channel DDR3 1066/800 MHz. It also supports 1333/1066/800 FSB (Front Side Bus), fully dual PCI Express x16 graphics and multi-core CPUs.

Intel DX48BT2 Motherboard Review :: Introduction

Intel is the number one motherboard chipset manufacturer in the world to go along with being the number one CPU supplier to the computing public. The high-end enthusiasts in the market use Intel based motherboards but generally stay away from their branded motherboards. Intel is trying to get into the enthusiast market with boards like the DX48BT2 which is supposed to be for overclockers with their BoneTrail platform of which this is the motherboard component.

The X48 Express chipset was launched a month or two ago to great acclaim as it introduced new features like the FSB 1600MHz CPUs (Yorkfield) and sported a new MCH. The X48 chipset has been a success in the market place as AMD’s Phenom has not been a successful launch in terms of performance and features. Today’s review is on their branded DX48BT2 motherboard which Intel touts is for the overclocker and is geared for the enthusiast.

ASUS P5E3 Premium WIFi-AP @n Edition :: Introduction

Scores

• Features: 40
• Ergonomics: 10
• Compatibility: 23
• Support: 10
• Performance: 11
• Total: 94

With the release of the 45 nanometer Yorkfield and Wolfsdale CPUs from Intel, the need for high-end motherboards to support them has become apparent. The first official support for the new CPUs comes in the form of the X48 chipset, which is an update from the X38 chipset meant for the high-end computer enthusiast wanting the latest features and performance to match it.

ASUS builds motherboards, video cards and other computer components from a variety of manufacturers including Intel and NVIDIA. The latest motherboard in a long line-up of Intel based motherboards is the X48 based ASUS P5E3 Premium Wi-Fi-AP@n board on the test bench today. It should be interesting as it is the second X48 board on the test bench so let’s see what it’s all about.

ASUS Maximus Formula Motherboard Review :: Introduction

Scores

• Features: 40
• Ergonomics: 10
• Compatibility: 25
• Support: 10
• Performance: 8
• Total: 91

ASUS is one of my favorite motherboard companies, being a long time user since the ASUS P4E-800 days (Intel 865). Today ASUS is the number one motherboard manufacturer in terms of size and employees among the Tier-1 motherboard manufacturers and manufacture video cards, motherboards, laptop computers and other peripherals. Doc and I love Asus motherboards with the vast majority of our personal systems being based upon their motherboards.

Today I’m reviewing the ASUS motherboard the ASUS Maximus Formula based upon the Intel X38 chipset. While the X38 was released last year by ASUS, it is an excellent choice to show performance versus the NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI chipset as the board supports ATI’s Crossfire solution, meaning that you can put two ATI cards on the board to improve gaming performance.

ECS GF8200A Black Motherboard Review :: Introduction

Scores

• Features: 35
• Ergonomics: 9
• Compatibility: 25
• Support: 7
• Performance: 13
• Total: 89

ntegrated graphics have been widely regarded as a joke among hardware enthusiasts as they are generally underperforming, feature deficient and have drivers that don’t support the latest features in the case of the Intel integrated graphics not even having DirectX 10 drivers until a month or so ago. ATI has released the RS780 integrated graphics chipset which brings decent DirectX 10 performance to the integrated graphics market.

NVIDIA, along with ATI have brought their video card expertise to the integrated motherboard graphics and that has resulted in good integrated graphics in the form of the GeForce 2 MX graphics being nearly as powerful as the GeForce 2 MX discrete cards. The last generation integrated graphics from NVIDIA was the GeForce 6200 series which brought DirectX 9.0 graphics to the integrated world. NVIDIA recently launched the GeForce 8200 for the Athlon market to address the DirectX 10.0 market.

A comparison of the PCI chipsets sold by Intel Corporation.

A comparison of the PCI chipsets sold by Intel Corporation.

Marketing Name	Code Name	Processors Supported	Max RAM	Max cachable RAM	Max SIMM Slots	SIMM Types	SIMM Protection	Max CPUs	EIDE Disk Support	USB
450NX PCIset	?	Pentium II Xeon, 100MHz bus	8G (64Mbit) interleaved	8G	32	EDO and DRAM	ECC	4	PIIX4E Ulta DMA/33 33 MB/s	Host/hub
440GX AGPset	?	Pentium II Xeon, 100MHz bus	2G (128Mbit)	2G	4	SDRAM	ECC	1	PIIX4E Ulta DMA/33 33 MB/s	Host/hub
440BX AGPset	?	Pentium II, 100MHz bus	1G (64Mbit)	1G	4	SDRAM	ECC	2	PIIX4E Ulta DMA/33 33 MB/s	Host/hub
440ZX AGPset	?	Celeron, Pentium II, 100MHz bus	256M (64Mbit)	256M	2	SDRAM	None	1	PIIX4E Ulta DMA/33 33 MB/s	Host/hub
440ZX-66 AGPset	?	Celeron, Pentium II, 66MHz bus	256M (64Mbit)	256M	2	SDRAM	None	1	PIIX4E Ulta DMA/33 33 MB/s	Host/hub
440EX AGPset	?	Celeron, Pentium II	256M (64Mbit)	256M	2	SDRAM, EDO	ECC	1	PIIX4E Ulta DMA/33 33 MB/s	Host/hub
440LX AGPset	?	Pentium II	1G EDO, 512M SDRAM (64Mbit)	1G	4	SDRAM, EDO	ECC	2	PIIX4 Ulta DMA/33 33 MB/s	Host/hub
440FX PCIset	Natoma	Pentium Pro, Pentium II	1G (64Mbit)	1G	8	FP, EDO	ECC	6	PIIX3 mode 4 16 MB/s	Host/hub
450KX/GX PCIset	Orion	Pentium Pro	1G (64Mbit)	1G	8	FP	ECC	4	PIIX3 mode 4 16 MB/s	None
430TX PCIset	Triton 2	Pentium	256M (64Mbit)	64M	3	FP, EDO, SDRAM	None	1	PIIX4 Ulta DMA/33 33 MB/s	Host/hub
430VX PCIset	Triton 2	Pentium	128M (64Mbit)	64M	5	FP, EDO, SDRAM	None	1	PIIX3 mode 4 16 MB/s	Host/hub
430HX PCIset	Triton 2	Pentium	512M	512M	8	FP, EDO	ECC	2	PIIX3 mode 4 16 MB/s	Host/hub
430MX PCIset	Triton	Pentium	128M	64M	4	FP, EDO	None	1	PIIX mode 3 16 MB/s	None
430FX PCIset	Triton	Pentium	128M	64M	6	FP, EDO	None	1	PIIX2 mode 4 16 MB/s	None
83434NX PCIset	Neptune	Pentium	512M	512M	8	FP	Parity	2	None	None
83434LX PCIset	Mercury	Pentium	128M	128M	8	FP	Parity	1	None	None

Note - The maximum cachable main RAM depends upon the amount of tag SRAM on the MB, and there is often a 64M limit

Intel Motehrboards Comparisons

A comparison of the features and capabilities of the different Pentium, Pentium II, Pentium III, Celeron, Pentium Pro and 486 Motherboards sold by Intel Corporation.

Please note that Magenta Systems does not sell motherboards or any PC hardware, nor can we recommend any dealers that do so. These pages are purely for comparative purposes.

This page is no longer updated and does not include any motherboards released since 1999.

The Intel Motherboard Reference is compiled by Magenta Systems Ltd from Intel motherboard data sheets.

Covers all current Pentium III, Pentium II, Celeron, Pentium Pro, Pentium and 486 motherboards, detailing code name, BIOS level, chipset, slots, memory and I/O capabilities. Includes

AC450NX C440GX+/Cypress L440GX+/Lancewood SE440BX-3/Seattle 3 SR440BX/Sun River AB440ZX/Alberta FJ440ZX/Fiji BL440ZX/Bali AD450NX SC450NX/Sitka Cabrillo T440BX/Nightlight BI440ZX/Bimini RC440BX/Rochester SE440BX-2/Seattle 2 WS440BX/Warm Springs MP440BX/Mount Prospect KU440EX/Kaui SE440BX/Seattle N440BX/Nightshade JN440BX/Juneau MU440EX/Maui MB440LX/Madrona

R440LX/Redwood LM440LX/Livermore BB440FX/Buckeye Balboa RC440FX/Rosewood Columbus AP450GX/Alder Poca BC450GX CN430TX/Chattanooga Atlana Dakota NX440LX Dublin Portland Anchorage Lonetree Mailman Providence Venus Apollo Newport Tucson Orlando

Cumberland Agate Tiger Eye Ruby Rhinestone Marl Aurora Thor Atlantis Endeavour Monaco Morrison Zappa Alladin Plato Altair Socrates Batman Robin Ninja Entrada Alfredo

The Archive Version contains original Excel version 5 or 7 spreadsheets formatted to print on single sheets of paper. Archive also contains converted text CVS, QuattroPro WB2 and Lotus 123 WK4 versions (less well formatted).

Version 15 adds several new Pentium II and Pentium Pro motherboards, mainly aimed at servers.

Version 16 adds the new BX and EX chipsets and new motherboards using these chipsets.

Version 17 adds the new NX and ZX chipsets, new motherboards using these chipsets, and other new PII MBs.

Version 18 updates existing motherboards that are Pentium III capable, and adds several new MBs using GX2, BX and ZX chipsets.

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The latest Intel motherboard information including full Acrobat format manuals is available from the Intel OEM Motherboards web site.

The latest BIOSs for Intel motherboard are available from the Intel FTP site.

For an in depth information of the different motherboard features, Tom´s Hardware Page is highly recommended.

The House of Hall site has more information about identifying and upgrading BIOS's and motherboards, including links to the various Intel motherboard manuals.

Motherboard HomeWorld has lots more motherboard information and links and how to build a PC.

For information and jumpers on thousands of hard disks, look at PC Disk.